SB2018100112 - Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora 



SB2018100112 - Input validation error in Fedoraproject Fedora

Published: October 1, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2018100112
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Denial of service

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-17847)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The html package (aka x/net/html) through 2018-09-25 in Go mishandles <svg><template><desc><t><svg></template>, leading to a "panic: runtime error" (index out of range) in (*nodeStack).pop in node.go, called from (*parser).clearActiveFormattingElements, during an html.Parse call.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.